Attacked by ghosts

by Mehmood Abdul Hayee

Near to my clinic in Pakistan, lived
an old man, who was famous for dealing with evil spirits. Many people,
especially women, used to visit him regularly for their problems, which all
concerned evil spirits and ghosts. Sometimes, he would come to the clinic for a
chat. One day, he came to the clinic with his limbs bandaged. I could also see
some bruises on his body. He told me his story: two days ago, he attended a
religious gathering and while he was busy praying, another person, his ‘jealous
enemy’, who was also famous for dealing with evil spirits, cast a spell on him.
He fell down wounded and lost a certain amount of blood. He added: “I am now being attacked by ghosts.”

I found his story very interesting, so I
asked him a few more questions: “Tell me how you felt when the ghosts attacked
you?” He answered: ““Ghosts come in the
night when I lay down and they try to take my soul out through my calves. One
ghost sits on my chest and puts pressure on it; he even tries to block my
breathing, it is almost impossible to stand up because the ghost is so heavy. I
feel so tired after fighting with them the whole night.” I then asked him about
his stomach condition and he told me that his digestion was slow and that he
had heartburn after eating (dyspepsia) and belching.

Analysis
and repertorisation:

-
Cramps in calves- Problem after loss of vital
fluid (blood loss)- Pressure increases on upper
side while lying down due to gastric problems- Heartburn- Dyspnoea- Night aggravates and lying aggravates.

Due to
his physical symptoms, I decided to prescribe Carbo vegetabilis 30C. I had,
however, a problem on my hands: I needed to find a way to motivate a person,
who only believed in spiritual treatments, to use a homeopathic remedy. I
brought him the remedy mixed with oil and told him: “This is a holy oil, which
was prepared by a holy man after
special request.” I also told him to remember one Arabic prayer by heart and
read it daily.

Follow-up:

After two
days, the patient came back looking happy and told me: “Ghosts tried to attack me but they couldn’t succeed; they tried to
touch my calves and even tried to sit on my chest but I was saved.”

His
stomach condition had also improved and he expressed a strong desire to meet
that ‘holy man’, who gave me that ‘holy oil’. As I told him that this was not
possible, the old man asked me to send his humble greetings to him.

At the
time of the consultation, I solely relied on the physical symptoms for
prescribing Carbo vegetabilis and I did not consider any other aspect of the
case. My vision was not broad enough to include an amazing facet of this case,
which opened a door to a very interesting topic. Later on, I read in the
repertory that Carbo-veg is listed in bold letters under the mind section as
follows: “being possessed”, under delusions, aversion to darkness, fear in the
dark, and “fear of ghosts with sleeplessness”. Carbo-vegetabilis is a
remedy famous for ailments from loss of fluids, exhausting diseases, and old
age problems (especially stomach issues); worse before sleep and lying down. In
Gibson’s Materia Medica, however, you can read about Carbo veg that “a striking
characteristic is the fear of ghosts.”